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Been Around the Block
Hey everybody. I figured I’d start a new build thread. My CB175 truly is a Big-Arse project and taking much longer to complete than I could have ever imagined. Aaaaand the Triumph I bought to ride while I finished the 175 is a bit of a handful in town. So, I talked the wife into letting me pickup bike number three.
A 2007 Ducati Monster 695 popped up on Craig’s List. This would fit the bill nicely. It was relatively cheap, loud and stylish. It has some miles on it. It’s clean, but not so perfect you would feel bad modifying it. The idea was to have something cool to ride around but not have so much work and money into it that I worried about parking it places. I wanna keep it looking like something that Ducati might have built. OEM plus suits the whole concept of the Monster quite nicely.
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I didn’t even make it home before the first mods hatched in my brain. I figured that ditching the superbike bars for some clubmans I had in a bin was a good idea.
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Turns out that clubmans look really good on a Monster 695 but stretch out the ride position a bit much. I ordered a set of clip-ons and a fender eliminator before the end of day one.
Over the course of the next few days I hatched a plan to go more of a tracker/scrambler direction. Afterall, the Monster will never be a sport bike, and I already have two bikes wiht clip-ons. So why not?
I ordered up a set of these:
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While I wait for tires, Superbike bars went back on while I contemplate going with a more tracker style bar like this:
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I installed the Competition Werkes tail tidy kit.I finished up by replacing the stock turn-signals with the ones I took off the Daytona.
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Then took it for a short ride before parking it in the garage with the others.
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So as of now, waiting on tires. Not sure what will come after that. Suguestions?
A 2007 Ducati Monster 695 popped up on Craig’s List. This would fit the bill nicely. It was relatively cheap, loud and stylish. It has some miles on it. It’s clean, but not so perfect you would feel bad modifying it. The idea was to have something cool to ride around but not have so much work and money into it that I worried about parking it places. I wanna keep it looking like something that Ducati might have built. OEM plus suits the whole concept of the Monster quite nicely.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FMonster%2FIMG_1760_zpsfmihkiza.jpg&hash=7f521a7434dc3c008ab9178ae419fadd)
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I didn’t even make it home before the first mods hatched in my brain. I figured that ditching the superbike bars for some clubmans I had in a bin was a good idea.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FMonster%2FIMG_1721_zpsuxt5g4j7.jpg&hash=ac4d72cdadbcdb29ecc4775137f6a92f)
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Turns out that clubmans look really good on a Monster 695 but stretch out the ride position a bit much. I ordered a set of clip-ons and a fender eliminator before the end of day one.
Over the course of the next few days I hatched a plan to go more of a tracker/scrambler direction. Afterall, the Monster will never be a sport bike, and I already have two bikes wiht clip-ons. So why not?
I ordered up a set of these:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FContinental_Twinduro_TKC80_Dual_Sport_Tires_detail_zps2dlkseyu.jpg&hash=f8c2336dc85c3088f9fdc7810dd3e4fc)
While I wait for tires, Superbike bars went back on while I contemplate going with a more tracker style bar like this:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FMonster%2Fsatin-black-tracker-bars-1_zps2hgz91et.jpg&hash=e48d5c5b093a58bf68a3bef872c2b433)
I installed the Competition Werkes tail tidy kit.I finished up by replacing the stock turn-signals with the ones I took off the Daytona.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FMonster%2FIMG_1737_zpsf3dqr3nc.jpg&hash=eaac17db236d9c0c58fbbd4d01dcf3bd)
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Then took it for a short ride before parking it in the garage with the others.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc387%2Fliltodd%2FMonster%2FIMG_1754_zpsjavj3k45.jpg&hash=e9d3034b9b349849c35d2c180ca95c0f)
So as of now, waiting on tires. Not sure what will come after that. Suguestions?